This is a fantastic post. I tend to see Tarot as occupying a space somewhere between artistic expression/appreciation, spirituality, and psychology. Of course we are reading our stories into the cards, but there is an exchange of sorts: we see aspects of our own story/journey in the cards and then we make sense of them as best as we can. Perhaps heeding a "warning" that we were predisposed to heed; or seeing confirmation (or denial) of a choice we did or didn't want to make in the first place. Overall, I see them as more actively evocative than other ways we try to make sense of our situations.
Thank you for sharing these thoughts, reflections, and your process in this public facing way. It is valuable.
What also could be good for you (and us readers) is to stay open to bringing your/our curiosity into this more ‘esoteric’ messaging systems. These cards, and the greater story created through a reading has the potential to reveal new angles/perspectives, phenomenologically, in a way that otherwise is virtually impossible to see or arrive at without their help.
It is information that can be interpreted in oh so many ways, yet this form of information and sense making that is on offer can also make navigating reality much more interesting!
Looking forward to exploring this more deeply with you tomorrow 😉💫🌀
I went through a Tarot phase as a teenager (not meant disparagingly, just noting the fact) along with a friend. I can't remember what I thought the 'mechanism' was at the time, but now a reading itself strikes me as a bit like a Rorschach test. That's not all of it though, the effort to learn the meaning of the cards means you are regularly thinking about all the issues life might throw at you in terms of events, the character of others and the character of yourself. This process in itself is helpful.
Love your honest self-inquiry and candid report reporting on it, Jessica. And I agree: Studying and trying to integrate many tools and schools to piece together one's metaphysics (ontology, cosmology, philosophy, whatever term we wish to use) is a fascinating path for exploration and a fruitful way learn.
Great post of an enchanting journey! I’ve also been contemplating the heroic journey - from the perspective of those exploring UFO/UAP anomalies during the current disclosure/discovery process.
I just finished writing a science book and at least once a week I click on Sabian Symbols and ask, "What's up with/for me?" I find that, although I'm writing about nonlinearity and complexity, writing and its construction, maybe not the path to it, is linear. Tarot reading, i ching, Sabian symbols take me out of my head and into a bigger space of imagination, heart, the effects of stars and the moon, all that. It's a pleasure and the ungrounding of it grounds me in a different way. If that makes sense.
This is a fantastic post. I tend to see Tarot as occupying a space somewhere between artistic expression/appreciation, spirituality, and psychology. Of course we are reading our stories into the cards, but there is an exchange of sorts: we see aspects of our own story/journey in the cards and then we make sense of them as best as we can. Perhaps heeding a "warning" that we were predisposed to heed; or seeing confirmation (or denial) of a choice we did or didn't want to make in the first place. Overall, I see them as more actively evocative than other ways we try to make sense of our situations.
That makes a lot of sense.
Thank you for sharing these thoughts, reflections, and your process in this public facing way. It is valuable.
What also could be good for you (and us readers) is to stay open to bringing your/our curiosity into this more ‘esoteric’ messaging systems. These cards, and the greater story created through a reading has the potential to reveal new angles/perspectives, phenomenologically, in a way that otherwise is virtually impossible to see or arrive at without their help.
It is information that can be interpreted in oh so many ways, yet this form of information and sense making that is on offer can also make navigating reality much more interesting!
Looking forward to exploring this more deeply with you tomorrow 😉💫🌀
Love this. This is very on point on what I think I actually long for in engaging with magic. Looking forward to talk to you today.
I went through a Tarot phase as a teenager (not meant disparagingly, just noting the fact) along with a friend. I can't remember what I thought the 'mechanism' was at the time, but now a reading itself strikes me as a bit like a Rorschach test. That's not all of it though, the effort to learn the meaning of the cards means you are regularly thinking about all the issues life might throw at you in terms of events, the character of others and the character of yourself. This process in itself is helpful.
Good point, it definitely feels helpful.
Love your honest self-inquiry and candid report reporting on it, Jessica. And I agree: Studying and trying to integrate many tools and schools to piece together one's metaphysics (ontology, cosmology, philosophy, whatever term we wish to use) is a fascinating path for exploration and a fruitful way learn.
Great post of an enchanting journey! I’ve also been contemplating the heroic journey - from the perspective of those exploring UFO/UAP anomalies during the current disclosure/discovery process.
https://tas-education.org/exostudies/your-ufo-uap-quest/
During this contemplation I found it valuable to listen to deeper levels within self through archetypal cards. For me it was Galactic Heritage Cards.
https://www.amazon.com/Galactic-Heritage-Cards-Lyssa-Royal/dp/1891824880/
There are indeed many roads to ekoPhilosophical health 🙂
I just finished writing a science book and at least once a week I click on Sabian Symbols and ask, "What's up with/for me?" I find that, although I'm writing about nonlinearity and complexity, writing and its construction, maybe not the path to it, is linear. Tarot reading, i ching, Sabian symbols take me out of my head and into a bigger space of imagination, heart, the effects of stars and the moon, all that. It's a pleasure and the ungrounding of it grounds me in a different way. If that makes sense.